Improvement in combined mattresses and bedsteads



J. J. BOWEN.

COMBINED MATTRESS AND BEDSTEAD.

Patented Dec. 28,1875.

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N.FETERS. PHOTUUTHDGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. Dv C.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE JOHN J. BOWEN, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED MATTRESSES AND BEDS'TEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 171,596, dated December 28, 1875; application filed v August 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN JOSEPH BOWEN, of Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and Improved Bedstead and Mattress; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,

forming a part of this specication,in which- Figure lis a vertical section 5 Fig. 2 a plan view; Fig. 3, a detail section, showing bars O.

'l' he invention relates to a new mode ot' construcing beds, so that the costof the mattress may be considerably reduced, while the adaptation of them to their purpose will be in The invention consists of a mattress shortened the width of the bolster, and having a bolster attached to the end thereof, which is supported upon a raised portion of the bedstead.

In the drawing, A represents a bedstead of the ordinary length, or about six feet long. I arrange above the level of body slats D the inclined and notched bars C (one or more) np- On each side that receive about three headslats, D'. The body-slats may be either longitudinal or transverse, and the distance between them and the raised head-slats is about equal to the thickness of the mattress. The slats D support the bolster, and are themselves supported in the notches ofbars C.

I do not confine myself, however, to this method of supporting the bolster, and may support it by slats resting on slots in the side rails, on springs or other contrivances on the side or end rails, or by blocks or supporting standards, which rest upon the lower slats ;y

a spring-seated step, but to these modifications I make no separate claim.

vBy having two or more bars, C, on each side piece E of the bedstead, the bolster may l y the head support of the bedstead.

An ordinary mattress cannot be bent up at the head and used on a bolster-spring to advantage, for the reason that it will lnot bend abruptly, and the gradual bend ofthe bolsterspring is not endnrable, and thereis, moreover, no economy in the construction of the mattress, While in mine there is a great saving of material, and the bed made more comfortable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The mattress, shortened the width ofthe bolster and having a bolster attached thereto upon a level with its upper surface, in combination with the bedstead, having an elevated bolster-support, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, in a .bedstead,ot' the cross-slats D', with the notched' inclined bars C, arranged on the side boards above the level of slats and near the head of bedstead, as and for the purpose described.

r J. J. BOWEN.

Witnesses: W. D. WATSON,

J. W. WATSON. 

